chapter Climate Questions Answers

                                             Chapter Climate Question Answers

                                                            Class 6^th

   ^{Q1. Explain the phenomenon of October heat.}

^Ans. In the month of October the weather becomes sticky and oppressive due to the excessive heat and humidity with the apparent movement of Sun towards the south. This is called october heat.

Q2. What is Loo? Where does it occur?

Ans. Parts of North and North West India experience strong, hot, dry, dusty winds during the day. They are locally called loo.

Some times they bring thunderstorm.

Q3. What is Kalbaishakhi ? Why it is called so?

Ans. During the month of Baisakh violent thunderstorms occur in the evening in West Bengal and Assam, they are termed as Kalbaisakhi.

They bring heavy rainfall with hailstorm.

Q4. Where and when mango-showers occur? How it is helpful?

Ans.  In Kerala and Karnataka the pre-monsoon showers help in the ripening of Mangoes.

they are termed as Mango-showers.

Q5. Why is the monsoon irregular in nature?

Ans. Monsoons are pulsating in nature.

They are irregular due to many reasons but the main reason is change in the pressure and temperature over oceans and land.

                                   Part-E

Q1. List the factors which affect the Climate of a region.

Ans. Latitudes, Relief and altitude, Distance from the Sea, Surface wind and pressure, prevailing winds and upper air circulation are main factors which affect the climate.

Q2. Explain the main features of the advancing monsoons.

Ans. The advancing monsoons started early June to September.

The direction of the wind is north east in winter and south west in summer.

It gets divided into two branches, Arabian Sea branch and Bay of Bengal branch.

The monsoon is irregular and undependable.

Q3. Describe the main aspects of retreating monsoon.

Ans. The retreating monsoon starts to leave north east in October and by November end it leaves the country.

October heat is main phenomenon during the retreating monsoon.

It showers over Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala.

This gives rise to severe cyclonic storms.

Q4. The monsoon acts as unifying bond in India. comment.

Ans. It influence the overall climate of India.

It has influenced our lifestyles, cloths and foods.

Our agriculture calendar our festivals, plants and animals lives of the country are influenced by the monsoon.

Additional Information

Windward side- The face or slope of highland facing the direction of rain bearing wind.

Leeward side-  The backside of highland receiving less rainfall

The highest rainfall in the world is recorded in Mawsynram near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya.

 The raga Meghmalhar is based on monsoon.

Summer temperature in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan reaches to above 50c while in Drass and Kargil in J&K in winter is -45 c.